Luke 10

Nancy · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 1097 Location: Illinois, U.S.A.

Can someone please explain the meaning of the following to me?

Do not carry a walking staff or traveling bag; wear no sandals and greet no one along the way.

Why do you suppose the 72 newly appointed who were sent out were not to greet people along the way? I have not looked into my Application Commentary yet.

Forgive me, but here I am again being literal.
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jtheb · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 1452 Location: second childhood

My thought is that they were not to get involved in long social conversations.
The priority was getting to the next village and proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom.

Conventions in some cultures involve lengthy interchange of "news"

I have a congolese friend whose phone conversations always start with a interchange of "How are you" "I'm Ok" "How is Helena" "She is OK. How are you. "We are Ok" unitl most of our friends have been discussed. Then we get to the point of the phone call.
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Nancy · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 1097 Location: Illinois, U.S.A.

But why do you suppose it would be wrong to preach the Good News walking along the way?
I appreciate your input,John. My Commentary briefly stated the same thing.
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jtheb · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 1452 Location: second childhood

I am sure they would have been OK preaching as they walked. The thing to be avoided was long pointless social conversation.IMHO
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davelarge · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:21 am Post subject:

Perhaps Jesus is asking them to rely on God's provision via the people in the towns where they preach. I think this would fit with vv5-7 where he talks about where to stay and so on.

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Nancy · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 1097 Location: Illinois, U.S.A.

Thank you both for your input. I wonder how many people today rely on God only for their provisions?
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jtheb · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 1452 Location: second childhood

Few I suspect.

I had a friend who decided that he should set out as an evangelist trusting God to supply his needs.

He aranged with a group of supporters (not a group of rich people) that any money he was given he would give to them.
Each Sat morn they would give him the set amount that he and his wife had decided they would need to live a week.
The only proviso was that if there was too little in the funds they should inform him on Fri eve.

From time to time there was insufficient money on the friday and he and his wife would pray about it.

There was NEVER insufficient on the Sat morn.

I do not have that sort of faith.
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Nancy · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 1097 Location: Illinois, U.S.A.

Thanks for sharing that John.
Well....we have to start somewhere in helping our faith deepen+grow.
This also led me to wonder. Was it ever stated in scripture that we have to do our own part also+not just sit back+say "Okay,God,I have complete faith in You. You will give me everything I need".
If that were the case, why then, we wouldn't have to work to make money to pay bills,right?

I'm thinking that maybe there is a fine line involved with this matter of faith?

All other posts are most welcome,you know, so can I expect more members to respond,please? Thank you
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davelarge · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject:

Yes Nancy, I totally agree that it's a very fine line!

I think that a lot of the 'institutions' are put there for Christians to use just as much as anyone else. For example, paying into a pension to provide for yourself in later years might very well be the right thing to do for most people. But there is also clearly a balancing act to be done with things like charity. Where the line is drawn is up to each individual to work out with God for themselves, in my opinion.

Just a few random musings, but perhaps a bit off-topic. Sorry if it is.

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Nancy · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 1097 Location: Illinois, U.S.A.

Not at all off topic,Dave. I appreciate your input! Icon_wink

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